Cigar-lighter



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E. A. PARKER.

- CIGAR LIGHTER. v No. 251,933. Patented Jan. 3.1882.

. UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

EDMUND A. PARKER, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

CIGAR-LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 251,933, dated January 3, 1882. Application filed October 12,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND A. PARKER, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven" and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lighters which are commonly placed in cigar-stores and other places, and which comprise one or more receptacles or receivers for alcohol, in which are torches, whichare removed and lighted when it is desired to obtain a light for a cigar.

Theinvention consists in the combination, in

a cigar-lighter with one or more torch-receivers and torches and a lamp, of a body portion occupying a position between the torch receiver or receivers and the lamp-burner, and comprising a reservoir for supplying the torch receiver or receivers with fluid,-anda separate fount for the lamp;

The invention also consists in the combination, in a cigar-lighter, of one or more torchreceivers and torches, and a fountain-reservoir having at its lower end a contracted outlet neck or tube and a vent-hole above the lower end or mouth of said neck or tube, a single valve for closing both said outlet neck or tube and said vent-hole, and a petticoat or nozzle surrounding said vent-hole and adapted to be sealed with liquid, whereby an almost continuous though very small delivery of alcohol therefrom is afforded, and the alcohol is not delivered periodically in blobs of comparatively large quantity, as oil frequently is in a student or fountain lamp. N The accompanying drawing representsavertical section and partial side view of a lighter embodying my invention and a lamp supported thereon. Y y

A designates the stand of the lighter, which is of ornamental form, and may be made of polished brass or other material. The upper part of the stand A is made hollow, so as to constitute a shell or casing, open at the top and receiving within it a fountain-reservoir, B,and below the reservoir B isa liquid-chamber, A, from which extend tubes at, which support torch-receivers C at their outer ends. The lighter here represented has two torch-receivers C, but the lighters may have one or more,

as may be desired. In the receivers C are torches or swabs D of wire, like those ordinarily used in cigar-1i ghters. The fountain-reservoir B is adapted to be readily removed from the stand and inverted for the purpose of fillingit with alcohol, and it may simply rest in the stand A, as here shown, or be secured therein by a bayonet-lock or other form of catch.

Where gas is to be used for lighting the torches D the lighter may be sold without any lamp, but where gas is not conveniently obtained, or is not desired, I may provide the lighter with a lamp, E, which is adapted to rest upon and is supported by the fountainreservoir B, as here represented. The lamp comprises its own oil-fount, and is entirely distinct from the lighter, and readily separable therefrom for filling or trimming the lamp, or

for removing and filling the fountain -reservoir B.

The lamp-fount and the fountain-reservoir are so adapted to each other that they form a handsome and symmetrical body between the torch-receivers and lamp-burner.

The lamp may be secured in place by a bayonet-lock or other form of catch.

The fountain reservoir B is constructed at its lower end with a contracted neck or small tube, 1), and above this is a conical portion, 0,

cured upon a stem, 6, which fits in a suitable guide, f, at the top of the reservoir, and passes through. the small neck or tube 11 at the bottom of the reservoir, whereby the stem and valve are suitably guided.

I have here represented the reservoir B as provided at the bottom with a petticoat or nozzle, g, which surrounds the small neck or pipe b, and which is sealed at the lower end by the liquid in the chamber A, and in the conical valveseat c is a small vent-hole, 72., through which air may pass when the level of liquid in the torch-receivers is so reduced that air will pass from them through the liquid in the tubes to. The valve-stem eprojects below the end of the neck or tube I), and when the reservoir is inserted in the stand A the lower end of the stem strikes upon the bottom of the liquidchamber A, as clearly seen, and holds the valve d in an elevated position and away from its seat. The alcohol flows from the fountainbeing in the conical valve-seat 0, is closed by the valve. The making of the small vent-hole h above the lower end of the tube 1) enables the alcohol to flow from the reservoir in very small quantities, but so frequently as to make an almost constant stream, when any is re moved from the torch-receivers, and not in great blobs, as in a studentor fountain lamp, where the outlet-opening at the bottom of the fountain is large and the vent is through the latter opening.

My improved lighter is advantageous for many reasons. The fountain reservoir maybe made as large as desired, and contain sucha quantity of alcohol that itwill need replenishing only at long intervals. The torch-receivers always contain nearly thesame quantity of alcohol, and hence only the desired and necessary quantity will be taken up by the torches. The torch-receivers may be made very small in diameter, asthey are not intended to contain a reserve supply of alcohol, and hence the evaporation from the receivers will be reduced 3 5 to a minimum.

What lclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a cigar-lighter, with one or more torch-receivers and torches and 40 a lamp, of 'a-bodyportion occupying a position between the torch receiver or receivers and the lamp-burner and comprising a reservoir for supplying the torch-receivers with fluid and a separate fount for the lamp, substan- 5 tially as specified.

2. The combination of the stand A,'the torchreceivers C, the torches D, the fountain-reservoir B, and the lamp E, supported on said reservoir, having its oil -fount independent of said reservoir and adapted to be removed to permit the removal of the reservoir, substantiall y as specified.

3. The combination, in a cigar-lighter, 0t one-0r more torch-receivers and torches and a fountain-reservoir having at its lower end a contracted outlet neck or tube and a vent-hole above the lower end or mouth of said tube, a single valve for closing both said outlet neck or tube and said vent-hole, and a petticoat or nozzle t0=snrround-said vent-hole and adapted to be sealed with liquid, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

EDMUND A. PARKER,

Witnesses ,FR' 'DK, =HAYNES, EDWARD GLATZMAYER. 

